Ok, I know in my previous review I just said one should never go to a fine dining restaurant in Vegas and bitch about the price, that you should know better. But, in the case of Aureole...I wish we had known better.
This restaurant is beautiful. We were seated at a table with our own private outdoor area. Our table was inside, and we had french doors that opened up to our private patio with another table that was right next to a pool that had swans swimming back and forth. It was so romantic and beautiful. We went outside once or twice to smoke a cigarette (since the dinner experience was 3 hours long) and to have dessert out there. The swans swimming 2 feet next to us was a nice touch...although they didn't seem people-friendly. It was a dining experience I'll never forget...sitting out there in the warm desert night with swans surrounding us.
The thing I didn't really like about Aureole was that we had to choose from either a $120 pre fix menu or a more expensive pre fix menu option (I think it was $200 but I cant remember). So, with wine and tip we ended up paying more than expected. I would have appreciated if we were allowed to choose our items a la cart, instead of being forced to have a tasting menu. The food was a solid 3. It was good, but not memorable.
One really cool thing was the touch screen computer/tablet they gave us as their wine list. It was an actual laptop. Pretty high tech.
Be prepared to drop BANK here, but you wont have a bad experience. Just an expensive one.